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Allan

Allan Report 16 Mar 2020 05:59

Now plastered all over the internet news sites...'Supermarkets running out of meat'

Guess what's going to happen now :-|

Why can't the media just report facts and not sensationalise everything thereby causing panic.

COVID19 is bad, but the press is doing nothing to try to calm people down.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 16 Mar 2020 08:45

I blame the media for spreading panic too instead they should calm the nation.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

Caroline

Caroline Report 16 Mar 2020 10:52

Agreed but where's the happy median...don't panic but be prepared.

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 16 Mar 2020 11:17

Preparation is everything ..... or so I was told.

Allan

Allan Report 16 Mar 2020 11:34

Ah!

That phrase that induces panic :-|

Preparation is fine, but this current situation?

Dermot

Dermot Report 16 Mar 2020 11:39

Of late, all we hear is that we must accept everything that is thrown at us.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 16 Mar 2020 11:48

Maybe they, like me, read that a plant based diet is good for your immunity. Or maybe they have a glut of veg.

Note I am a meat eater!!

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Rambling

Rambling Report 16 Mar 2020 12:45

It is a small stab at humour, but I was amused at the subtitle to a news item yesterday ( was on the phone so Dan had switched subtitles on). It read

" if you have a new calf you should self isolate"

small things please small minds lol. :-)

Researching:

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 16 Mar 2020 12:54

Rose :-)

Researching:
Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 16 Mar 2020 12:56

Rose 'Mooo' :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Dermot

Dermot Report 16 Mar 2020 14:00

Newspapers’ prerogative to entertain has superseded that to inform with comments indistinguishable from news & fact indistinguishable from conjecture simply to create blockbuster headlines.

Dermot

Dermot Report 16 Mar 2020 14:00

Newspapers’ prerogative to entertain has superseded that to inform with comments indistinguishable from news & fact indistinguishable from conjecture simply to create blockbuster headlines.

Allan

Allan Report 16 Mar 2020 20:45

Well said, Dermot; twice ;-) :-D

Andrew

Andrew Report 16 Mar 2020 20:54

I've been shopping this evening. No loo roll or parcetamol based medecine, but no shortage of pregnancy testing kits. No problem with bread, milk or fruit and veg. I just bought what we can use from what is available.

Andy

Caroline

Caroline Report 16 Mar 2020 20:57

Funny one of my kids mentioned a possible surge in babies in 9 months.....

Allan

Allan Report 16 Mar 2020 21:08

Strange!

The newspapers are now reporting a shortage of condoms :-S

:-D :-D :-D